noun
or berke·ley·an·ism ˈ ̷ ̷_ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌnizəm, (ˌ) ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷-
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
: a system of philosophical idealism first taught by George Berkeley maintaining that so-called material things exist only in being perceived and that the physical universe is not independent reality but exists as a perception of the divine mind and also partially as perceived by the finite minds of men